Somerset Federation of Gardening Clubs Events Calendar 2020 Open Date Time Event Venue/Contact y/n March 2020 Saturday 7th 12.30 - Portishead & District The Folk Hall, 5pm Horticultural Society High Street, Portishead North Yes ‘Spring Show’ Somerset BS20 6PR Contact: Linda Hodgetts 01275 817350 Wednesday 7.30pm Batheaston Garden Group Batheaston Primary School 11th ‘How to Grow 2,000 plants School Lane n/a in a 20 x 30ft garden’ Batheaston BA1 7EP Celebrity Speaker (Christine Contact: Catherine Gregory Walkden) 01225 858281 Saturday 14th 11am - Sandford & District Sandford Village Hall 12.30 Gardening Club Greenhill Road No ‘Spring Show’ Sandford BS25 5PA Contact: Janet Baker 01934 820151 Sunday 15th 10am - Specialist Plant Fairs Digby Hall, Sherborne 2pm ‘Plant Fair’ DT9 3AA n/a Contact: Becky Cotterill 01460 242620 Saturday 21st 2pm - Porlock Horticultural & Porlock Village Hall Yes 4.30pm Crafts Society Toll Road, Porlock, Somerset ‘Spring show’ TA24 8QD Contact: Anna Toeman 01643 863074 Saturday 21st 2pm Yatton & District Hort. Yatton Village Hall Yes Society The Causeway, Yatton ‘Spring Show’ BS49 4HL contact: Hilary Beck 01934 834889 Saturday 21st 2.30pm Beaminster Horticultural Beaminster Public Hall Yes Society Fleet Street, Beaminster ‘Spring Show’ DT8 3EF Contact: Gill England 01308 863793 Saturday 21st 2pm Otterton Garden Club Otterton Village Hall Yes ‘Spring Show’ Fore Street, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HB Contact: Iain Ure 01395 568822 Thursday 26th 7.30pm Yatton & District Hort. Yatton Village Hall n/a Society The Causeway, Yatton ‘How to Revive a Tired BS49 4HL Garden’ Contact: Hilary Beck Tickets £8 members - 01934 834889 £10 non members Saturday 28th 2.30pm Congresbury Gardening Club Old School Rooms, Yes ‘Spring Show’ Station Road Congresbury BS49 5DX Contact: Janet Edwards 01934 832557 Saturday 28th 12noon - Bridport Gardening Club United Church 3pm ‘Spring Show’ East St, Bridport DT6 3DL Yes Contact: Ann Brown 01308 424055 April Thursday 2nd 6.30pm Somerset Gardens Trust Stoke St. Gregory Village Hall. for 7pm Events Dark Lane, Stoke St. Gregory. ‘Talk by Iford Head TA3 HA Gardener - Troy Scott Smith’ Saturday 4th 12.30pm Nailsea & District Hort. Nailsea School Yes Society Mizzymead Road ‘Spring Show’ Nailsea BS48 2HN Contact: Martyn Davis 01275 855563 Saturday 4th 2pm - Hemyock Gardeners Hemyock Parish Hall 5pm Association Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon No ‘Spring Show’ EX15 3QW Contact: Jane Smith 01823 680244 Tuesday 7th 7.15pm Motcombe Gardening Club Motcombe Memorial Hall, No ‘Spring Show’ Motcombe, Shaftsbury SP7 9PE Contact: Margaret Skellern 01747 590293 Sherborne & District Digby Hall, Hound Street Thursday 9th 7.30pm Gardeners Association Sherborne DT9 3AA ‘Spring Show’ Contact: Richard Newcombe No 01935 389375 Saturday 11th 2pm - Stockwood Amateurs Christ the Servant Church, 4pm Gardeners Association Materman Road, Stockwood ‘Spring Show’ BS14 8HS Yes Contact: Anne Kempson 01275 837532 Sunday 19th 10am - Specialist Plants Fairs Mapperton Gardens 4pm ‘Plant Fair’ Nr Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3NR n/a Contact: Becky Cotterill 01460 242620 Saturday 25th 9am - Castle Cary Gardening The Market House 12 noon Association Castle Cary BA7 7BH ‘Plant Sale’ Contact: Lesley Ridgley n/a 01963 240837 Tuesday 28th 4pm Frome Selwood Contact: Jane Norris Horticultural Society 07776 208531 ‘Spring Trip to Castle Gardens Sherborne’ May Saturday 2nd 8am Beaminster Horticultural Town Square n/a -12 noon Society Beaminster DT8 3AW ‘Plant & Produce Sale’ Contact: Gill England 01308 863793 Saturday 2nd 10am Congresbury Gardening Club Methodist Hall - ‘Plant Sale’ Congresbury BS49 5JA 12 noon Contact: Janet Edwards n/a 01934 832557 CANCELLED Saturday 2nd 10.30 North Cadbury Village Hall - North Cadbury & District North Cadbury, Yeovil 12pm Gardening Club Somerset BA22 7DP n/a ‘Plant & Cake Sale’ Contact: Mrs M. Hadow [email protected] Saturday 2nd 10am - Chilcompton Gardening Club Chilcompton Village Hall 11.30 ‘Plant Sale’ Wells Road, Chilcompton n/a BA3 4EX Contact: Judy Youngs 01761 233017 Saturday 2nd 10.30am Martock & District Martock Parish Hall, Church n/a – 12 noon Gardening Society Street, Martock TA12 6JL ‘Plant Sale’ Contact: Gareth Isaac 01935 823366 Tuesday 5th 7.45pm Marshfield Gardening Club Village Hall, Tormarton Road ‘A Year in My Garden’ Marshfield SN14 8NW (Celebrity Speaker) Contact: Jane Sheppard n/a 01225 892230 Saturday 9th 10.30am - Sandford & District Sandford Village Hall n/a 11.30am Gardening Club Greenhill Road, Sandford ‘Plant Sale’ BS25 5PA Contact: Janet Baker 01934 820151 Saturday 9th 10.30am - Fosseway Garden Club Jubilee Hall, Ditcheat BA4 6RB n/a 12pm ‘Plant Sale’ Contact: Janet Fulford 017749 331306 Saturday 9th 10am Sherborne & District Parsons Yard, Cheap Street n/a Gardeners Association Sherborne DT9 3PU ‘Plant Sale’ Contact: Richard Newcombe 01935 389375 Saturday 9th 10.30am Stalbridge Garden Society Stalbridge Halls, Lower Road, n/a ‘Plant Sale’ Stalbridge, Dorset DT10 2NF Contact: Patsy Baldry 01963 364476 Saturday 9th 10 am - Kilmersdon Gardeners Kilmersdon Village Hall 12noon Assoc. Kilmersdon, Somerset ‘Annual Plant Sale’ BA3 5TD n/a Contact: Judith Stanford 01761 233045 Puriton Village Hall Saturday 9th 10am - 12 Puriton Flower Show Hall Road, Puriton, TA7 8BP n/a noon Society Contact: Janet Williams ‘Plant Sale’ 01278 684027 Saturday 9th 10am – Barrington & District Barrington Village Hall, 12 noon Gardening Society Barrington, Somerset. TA19 0JE ‘Annual Plant Sale’ Contact: Robin Le-clerq (Raffle, cakes & 01460 54691 refreshments) Saturday 14th 7.30pm West Huntspill Horticultural The Balliol Hall, Church Road n/a Society West Huntspill, Highbridge ‘Plant Sale’ TA9 3RN Contact: Jane Moreton 01278 322858 Saturday 16th 10am - Specialist Plant Fairs Yarlington House 4pm ‘Plant Fair’ Yarlington, Wincanton n/a BA9 8DY Contact: Becky Cotterill 01460 242620 Saturday 16th 10am -12 Kilmington Gardening Club Kilmington Village Hall noon ‘Plant Market’ Whitford Road n/a Kilmington EX13 7RF Contact: Jean Falconer 01297 33708 Saturday 16th 10am Holford Gardeners Group Holford & District Village Hall ‘Plant Auction’ A39 Holford, Nr. Bridgwater n/a TA5 1SD Contact: Gill Jones 01278 741173 Saturday 16th 10am - Plant Heritage Group Smallways Leisure Centre, 3pm (Somerset) Congresbury ‘Plant Fair’ BS49 5AA n/a Contact: Sheila Chambers [email protected] Saturday 16th 10.30am Milborne Port Gardening Town Hall, High Street Club Milborne Port , Sherborne ‘Plant Sale’ DT9 5AG n/a Contact: Pam Alexander 01963 250654 Saturday 16th 10am -12 Seavington Garden Club Seavington Millennium Hall n/a noon ‘Plant Sale’ Water Street, Seavington St Mary TA19 0QH Contact: Karen Day 01460 249728 Saturday 16th 2pm - Hardington Garden Club Hardington Village Hall n/a 4pm ‘Plant Sale’ BA22 9PQ Contact: Andy Palmer Email: [email protected] POSPONED until later in the Tuesday 19th 6.30pm year Holford & DVH Hall, for 7pm Holford Gardeners Group A39 Holford, hosting the Nr Bridgwater ‘Somerset Federation of TA5 1SD Gardening Clubs AGM’ Contact: Gill Jones followed by guest speaker. 01278 741173 (Refreshments provided) (Entrance only to members of HGG & members of SFGC affiliated Clubs) Tuesday 19th 7.30pm Mosterton Gardening Club Mosterton Village Hall, ‘Plant Swap & Sale’ Main Road, Mosterton n/a (Members £1 adm, visitors DT8 3HG £3, incl. light refreshments.) Contact: Sue Burnand 01308 868879 Saturday 23rd 9.30am – Frome Selwood Selwood Academy, Berkley 11.00am Horticultural Society Road, Frome, Somerset. ‘Annual Plant Sale’ BA11 2EF Contact: Jane Norris 07776 208531 June Saturday 6th 2pm - Creech St Michael Creech St Michael Village Hall, n/a 4pm Gardening Club Ryesland Way, Creech St ‘Plant Sale’ Michael Taunton TA3 5QQ Contact: Judith Hodge 01823 443404 Sat & Sunday 1.30pm - Kilmington Gardening Club See website: www.kvpa.co.uk 13th/14th 5pm ‘Open Gardens’ Contact: Jean Falconer 01297 33708 Sunday 14th 1pm - Blackborough Garden Club Blackborough, Cullompton, 4pm ‘Open Gardens’ Devon Contact: Jo Talling 01884 266016 Saturday 27th 1pm - Somerset Fuchsia & West Monkton Village Hall, Yes 4pm Pelargonium Society Monkton Heathfield TA2 8NE ‘Annual Pelargonium Show’ Contact: Margaret Wilkinson 01935 472684 Saturday 27th 1.30pm Congresbury Gardening Club St Andrews Church Paddock, Yes ‘Summer Show’ Congresbury BS49 5EN Contac: Janet Edwards 01934 832557 CANCELLED Saturday & 11am - Bampton in Bloom, Devon Contact: Judi Chambers n/a Sunday 4pm ‘Hidden Gardens’ – 01398 332403 numerous gardens open on for more details and tickets 27th/28th both days. (Refreshments available at the Riverside Hall, Bridge Terrace, Bampton EX16 9LT) July CANCELLED Friday 3rd 7.30pm Wincanton & District Memorial Hall Gardeners Association Wincanton BA9 9JF No ‘Members Rose & Sweet Contact: Gill D’Arcy Pea Show’ 01963 33160 Saturday 4th 10am - Plant Heritage Group Smallways Leisure Centre 3pm (Somerset) Congresbury BS49 5AA n/a ‘Plant Fair’ Contact: Sheila Chambers [email protected] Saturday & 2pm – Hinton St George & District Hinton St George Sunday 4th/5th 5.30pm Garden Club Somerset TA17 ‘Open Gardens’ Contact: Linda Earley Email: [email protected] n/a (Nb: No Dogs please) Sunday 5th 1pm - Sea Mills Garden Club Gardens Trail through Stoke 5pm ‘Open Gardens’ Bishop, Bristol BS9 – BS10 n/a Contact: Gail Mitchell 01179 685350 Saturday 11th 2pm Sampford Arundel Sampford Arundel Village No Gardening Club TA21 9QN ‘Fete, Flower & Produce Contact: Sue Matthews Show’ 01823 672662 Saturday 18th 2pm - Porlock